It looks like several companies are learning what happens when you mess with the internet - and they're learning it the hard way. Several major companies have been hit by the collective powers of Anonymous after 4chan launched several distributed denial-of-service attacks. What many have been predicting for a long time now has finally happened: an actual war between the powers that be on one side, and the internet on the other. Update: PayPal has admitted their WikiLeaks snub came after pressure from the US government, and Datacell, which takes care of payments to Wikileaks, is threatening to sue MasterCard over Wikileaks' account suspension. Update II: Visa.com is down due to the attack. Update III: PayPal has caved under the pressure, and will release the funds in the WikiLeaks account.

I will ask you one thing. How big a fraction do you think is the information that has been uncovered by the Freedom of Information Act compared to what Wikileaks has uncovered? Do you think it is effective at all?

The Freedom of Information Act is like the government saying "this is what we are willing to let you know". Wikileaks is like (some of) the people fighting for the information _they_ think they ought to know. I think each has a right to fight but the US Government is playing dirty.

Honestly, they could protect their information better. If civilians get their hands on this so easily what about a security agency?